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From a creepy age gap to an unhappy ending – what to expect in Woody Allen’s new TV show

Crisis in Six Scenes is about to drop, so we can all look forward to middle class angst, an enormous downer … and on the plus side, one Miley Cyrus

On my radar: Jane Goldman’s cultural highlights

The screenwriter on a great festival, shock horror Train to Busan, hacking TV drama Mr Robot and immersive theatre to die for

Downton Abbey movie appears certain as actor confirms Maggie Smith’s involvement

A big screen transfer for the ITV show seems to be on the way after actor Michael Fox suggests Smith – who won an Emmy for her role in the show on Sunday – has signed on

Black Mirror review – Charlie Brooker’s splashy new series is still a sinister marvel

A Netflix pickup of the hit show about the evils of technology keeps its dark spirit but injects a bigger budget, a raft of starry names and way more surprises

Woody Allen: ‘There are traumas in life that weaken us. That’s what has happened to me’

The prolific director returns next month with Café Society and a TV series. Here, he talks exclusively about sex, antisemitism, the impact of that abuse allegation – and his dream of racing Usain Bolt

Vivean Gray obituary

Actor who played the interfering busybody Mrs Mangel in Neighbours

Viral video: Pokémon Go, Justin Timberlake and Cumberbatch’s Sherlock

A cheeky look at the Pikachu phenomenon, JT meets his match on the golf course and the BBC detective returns

Backwards to the future: how Britain’s nostalgia industry is thriving

From the new film of Swallows and Amazons to Harry Potter, Britain is obsessed with a past that never existed. What is this endless Downtonisation all about?

BBC to make Les Misérables for TV with War and Peace team

Producer Harvey Weinstein and screenwriter Andrew Davies on board for adaptation based on novel rather than hit musical

Andrew Haigh on Looking: ‘Melancholy exists in most people’s lives’

The bittersweet HBO drama about gay friends in San Francisco may air its final episode this weekend – but its British director, who also made 45 Years, will continue his investigations into the ambiguities of human relationships

Big day for The Night Manager as it sweeps up 12 Emmy nominations

BBC enjoys 22 different nominations including nods for Luther, Sherlock, and War and Peace

David Hasselhoff: ‘Knight Rider has come true – driverless cars, scanners and blueprints’

The Baywatch star might be used to being ferried about by talking cars – but nothing could prepare him for a night out in Blackpool

Winona Ryder: from teen rebel to screen mum

As the 80s star of Beetlejuice and Heathers returns with a plum role on Netflix, we chart her troubled career

Why is Lyndon B Johnson suddenly prevalent in pop culture?

With a Broadway hit-turned HBO film and a Woody Harrelson movie to come, LBJ is suddenly back at the forefront of America’s consciousness – and how we view him says a lot about our own times

Thursday’s best TV: Peaky Blinders; The Americans; Donnie Darko

Tommy fears being outgunned in the gangster caper; two Soviet spies must explain their double lives to their daughter; and Jake Gyllenhaal shines in his breakthough role

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